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Holiday & house hysteria

Merci et bisous! Thank you and kisses, to my mum and two lovely friends who put their faith in me to write - and paid me to do it for good measure.

Sorry it has taken so long to return my pen to paper. I was shamelessly gallivanting across Europe for a wedding and have only just come out of hibernation home in cold, crisp Melbourne.

Yes. The holiday was…